Background
Tagliavini, Luigi Ferdinando was born on October 7, 1929 in Bologna, Italy. Son of Carlo Tagliavini and Nella de Lorenzo Tobolo.
Tagliavini, Luigi Ferdinando was born on October 7, 1929 in Bologna, Italy. Son of Carlo Tagliavini and Nella de Lorenzo Tobolo.
Diplom of organ, Conservatory Music, Bologna, 1949. Doctor Degree, University Padua, Italy, 1951. 2d mix, Conservatory Music, Paris, 1952.
Diplom of composition, Conservatory Music, Bologna, 1953. Doctorate(honorary), University Edinburgh, Scotland, 1996. Doctorate(honorary), University Bologna, 1999.
Professor organ an library Conservatory Bologna, 1952—1959. Professor organ Conservatory Bolzano, Italy, 1954—1964, Conservatory Parma, Italy, 1964—1965. Professor musicology University Fribourg, Switzerland, 1965—2000.
Member Commission for Care History Organs in Italy, since 1957, Commission for Care History Organs in Switzerland, since 1965. Teacher International Summer Academy in Organ, Haarlem, Netherlands, 1959—1979, International Summer Academy in Old Music, Innsbruck, Austria, since 1972, International Summer Academy in Organ, Pistoia, Italy, since 1975. Visiting professor Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 1963, State University of New York, Buffalo, 1969.
Organ and harpsichord recitalist. Collectioner of ancient music instruments.
Fellow: Royal College Organists (honorary). Member: Accademia Santa Cecilia Rom (accademico effettivo), Swiss Association for the Protection History Organs (honorary).